Nanao Station (七尾駅, Nanao-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan, jointly operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Noto Railway.
Nanao Station is served by the Nanao Line, and is located 54.4 kilometers from the end of the line at Tsubata. It is also the terminal station for the 6.3 kilometer Noto Railway's Nanao Line to Anamizu.
The station consists of one ground-level side platform and two staggered and co-joined side platforms. The platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
The station opened on April 24, 1898. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
In fiscal 2015, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 1,138 passengers daily and the Noto Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 476 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
